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The Plainsboro Public Library offers notary services to Plainsboro residents and those who work in Plainsboro. Proof of current residency is required.

• Notary services are provided by appointment during the Library’s hours of operation and may be adjusted according to staff availability.
• Notary Services are not available during the 30 minutes prior to closing time.
• If a patron arrives more than 15 minutes late after the start time of an appointment, the appointment will be canceled and will need to be rescheduled.
• Valid photo identification is required of any patron seeking notary service.
• Notary service is limited to three documents per person per day.
• There will be a $2.50/per signature charge on each page including original documents and photocopy pages. It must be paid by cash or check, as we do not have a credit card machine.
• The library will not provide witnesses and witnesses may not be solicited from patrons. In order to serve as a witness, the witness must know the person whose document is being notarized and must be in possession of valid photo identification.
• Foreign language documents cannot be notarized unless the notarial certificate itself is in English.
• New Jersey law requires that a notary and the patron seeking notarization be able to communicate directly with each other. Library notaries are not permitted to make use of a translator.
• Public documents that cannot be copied and notarized are birth certificates, death certificates and marriage certificates.
• Notary service is not available for documents that require specialized technical or legal knowledge such as: Attorney-in-Fact, Codicils, Deeds, Depositions, mortgages or other real estate closing documents. Durable Powers of Attorney, Form I-9s, Living Trusts, Living Wills, Medical Directives, Photographs, Proofs or Proofs of Execution, Protests of Non-Acceptance, Protests of Non-Payment, Wills, and electronic banking documents of any kind. Notaries are also unable to provide Signature Guarantees, Medallion Signatures or Medallion Signature Guarantees.
• In accordance with NJ notarial law, notaries will not provide service if the customer, document, or circumstances raise any issue of authenticity, ambiguity, or doubt. The library notary may, at her sole discretion, decline to provide notary service.
• Documents must be complete and must be signed in the presence of the notary. Do not sign or date them ahead of time.

Proposed and adopted by the Library Board of Trustees: April 3, 2012
Revised and adopted on May 6, 2014
Revised and adopted December 6, 2016
Revised and adopted on March 1, 2022
Revised and adopted on August 1, 2023